Coccidioides immitis: two cases of misidentified mycosis.
In the present report, two cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis that caused a diagnostic confusion are presented. The first case was initially misdiagnosed as nonsmall cell carcinoma, and both cases were initially misidentified as blastomycosis because of the presence of an atypical morphological form of Coccidioides immitis.
Lee
Christine H
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Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. clee@mcmaster.ca
Wilcox
Lindsay
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Chorneyko
Katherine
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McIvor
Aandrew
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D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000379:methods; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000935:Antifungal Agents